“Seven Deadly Sins Thief Gang, we know you are inside. We are the Blue Star Mercenary Group, here on a mission to capture you!”
Hearing the shouting from outside, Green’s eyes immediately lit up. “My chance has come!”
Saying this, he strode outside, casually grabbing a simple long bench from beside the table.
Throughout the entire magical history of the Castro Continent, the Magister Green who used a brick as a weapon was unique. Even Old Merlin had only sneakily used a brick before becoming a Grand Magister. After passing it on to Green, Green had carried it forward gloriously. If Green went out directly wielding a brick now, his identity would likely be exposed soon.
But at Green’s level, anything in his hands could serve as a brick…
He charged aggressively into the rain curtain.
Ye Chui and the others were also very curious about the Blue Star Mercenary Group outside, so they hurriedly followed. Greed Younger Sister Salome did not forget to carry her platter of roast meat.
In the pouring rain, three young swordsmen stood on the muddy road outside the tavern. Rainwater cascaded down, blurring vision, but one could still sense the powerful, resolute aura emanating from them.
The Blue Star Mercenary Group was merely a two-star mercenary group, not particularly strong. Some days ago, five four-star magic guilds and mercenary groups had joined forces against the Seven Deadly Sins Thief Gang. The result? The presidents, leaders, and experts of those guilds and groups had not even had their bodies found yet…
The Blue Star Mercenary Group’s attempt to intercept the thief gang based on clues was no different from throwing eggs against a rock. Yet they had come without hesitation.
“You are Sloth Baldy! Bounty only fifty gold coins. Where are your other companions? We do not bully the weak!” Seeing Green’s figure in the rain, the one standing in the middle of the three youths shouted immediately.
In the thief gang with a total bounty of one hundred and twenty thousand, Sloth Baldy with only fifty gold coins was reputed as the most useless, having never fought.
Hearing this, Green grew even angrier. Dragging the bench, he charged forward. “Who says I am weak? I will take all three of you at once. Come on, see how I beat you down!”
“Let me handle him!” The sturdy swordsman on the right growled lowly. He flourished his longsword, gripped it with both hands, and launched a [Charge] towards Green.
Rain splashed on him as he instantly closed in on Green.
Then, bang. Green’s “brick” under spatial magic enhancement was unpredictable and divine, impossible to guard against. The sturdy swordsman’s killing move had not even begun before his head thudded and he passed out.
The large bench flew up and down in Green’s hands, filled with inexplicable beauty. His eyes turned to the remaining two. Whoosh, he threw the bench out. Cyan teleportation portals appeared in the air. The bench entered one, instantly appearing beside the other two. They hurriedly swung their swords to strike it, but just as their blades were about to land, the bench vanished into thin air.
In the vast rain curtain, the bench driven by Green’s spatial teleportation magic flickered and shifted constantly around the two swordsmen, indescribably eerie and profound.
Ye Chui and his group emerged from the tavern. Ye Chui waved his hand, and a water cocoon enveloped them. He used a water-element spell to prevent rain from falling on them. Even the ground under their feet quickly dried, moisture in the mud condensing under magic and turning into dry earth.
Standing in the water cocoon, they watched Green’s fight with the two warriors. Green’s control over spatial magic had reached an extremely high level. In a wuxia world, it would be considered masterful.
Bang. The thin swordsman on the left carelessly took a hit. The divine, unpredictable bench struck his face directly. His body swayed, and he fainted.
Now only one remained holding out under Green’s bench.
It was a young swordsman, quite handsome, wearing fine steel armour, wielding a short sword. His movements were agile, dodging Green’s bench attacks.
In fact, he had been hit by the bench many times, but keen reflexes let him avoid vital spots, and his robust physique kept him from collapsing.
“This kid is pretty good. Strong willpower, high combat experience and ability. He was the one shouting earlier, right? He should be the leader of this Blue Star Mercenary Group,” Ye Chui said admiringly.
“He is probably only an intermediate swordsman, but his combat power is stronger than average advanced swordsmen,” Guni said, munching on a piece of bread she had found somewhere.
At that moment, the Blue Star leader suddenly unleashed a strange sword skill. His broken blade danced wildly in the air, turning into points of cold light. In the rain, it seemed a starry sky descended around him. Green’s bench touched those lights and was instantly cut into pieces. Whoosh, the Blue Star leader’s body escaped from the starry expanse. Rain splashed on the ground. The next moment, he appeared under a towering magic locust tree, back pressed tightly against it.
“Huff, huff. Your attacks are powerful, most importantly erratic and impossible to defend. But now with my back to this tree, I can halve the unpredictability of your attacks!” the Blue Star leader said, panting, with some smugness. He held his short sword inverted across his chest. “Seven Deadly Sins Thief Gang, no matter what, I will take you back. Alba is waiting for me…”
Green paused. He looked at the bench in his hand, now reduced to a plank after losing four legs, then at the Blue Star leader. He seemed somewhat surprised by his alertness. But the strong desire to prove himself made Green hesitate little. He continued walking towards the Blue Star leader, swinging the plank to resume spatial attacks.
“This Blue Star leader seems to have a story,” the spectators on Ye Chui’s side grew curious. Ye Chui decided instantly, using his magic guide book’s [QR Code Face Scan] ability to directly invade the Blue Star leader’s memory world and search his memories.
Soon, Ye Chui learned the young swordsman’s story.
The Blue Star leader’s name was Stu. He was a twenty-year-old mercenary group leader in Fearless City, an identity that let him stand proud among peers. But lately, one thing deeply troubled him: he had fallen in love with the lord of Fearless City’s illegitimate daughter, Alba.
Love had come so fiercely, catching him off guard. By the time he realised he loved that quiet girl, he was already irretrievably smitten.
However, when he proposed to the lord of Fearless City, he was sternly refused.
Leader of a two-star mercenary group? Promising mercenary? These titles meant nothing to the greedy lord. The lord even told him he had decided to send his illegitimate daughter Alba to the bishop of Fearless City as a personal nun. Believers were forbidden marriage but not abstinence. Some high Church figures always arranged beautiful personal nuns for pleasure.
To curry favour with the bishop, the lord of Fearless City spared no expense sacrificing his illegitimate daughter. An illegitimate child likely held no emotion in his eyes.
Stu’s pleas earned only the lord’s mockery, until finally the lord proposed an impossible condition: “I hear the Seven Deadly Sins Thief Gang ravaging the Morning Wind Empire is heading to Fearless City. Go, capture them and hand them to me. Then I might give my daughter to a poor boy like you!”
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This promise was as slim as a straw in the sea, yet Stu summoned his greatest courage. His mercenary group had twelve members. When they learned his plan, more than half quit in fright. Only two good brothers accompanied him.
For his sincere love, he would fear nothing.
“This Stu is worthy of respect,” hearing Ye Chui recount Stu’s inner story, Debbie, Resha, and the others could not help sighing. Debbie’s eyes then lit up. “Ye Chui, why not help him?”
Ye Chui’s group posed as the thief gang causing chaos in the Morning Wind Empire to become criminals exiled as tomb keepers. They had already accumulated many crimes. If captured, they would surely face capital punishment and become tomb keepers.
Their original plan was to get caught in Fearless City. Now encountering this “love-crazed” Stu, they could conveniently let him capture them.
Hearing Debbie’s suggestion, Ye Chui pondered and nodded. “Alright, let’s do that.”
Then Ye Chui used WeChat to contact Green, informing him of their plan.
Green had been unable to finish quickly and was growing impatient. The weapon he used now was just a plank. If he brought out the vibranium brick Ye Chui had forged, Stu could not resist at all. One brick would settle it. But holding out so long, Green had developed a trace of respect for Stu. Hearing Ye Chui, Green naturally agreed. “Fine, I will sell a flaw and let him knock me down!”
Then, just as Green decided this and prepared to find an opportunity to throw the fight, boom. A massive lightning bolt descended from the sky. It was truly thunderstorm weather, thunder rumbling intermittently. This bolt struck precisely the magic locust tree Stu leaned against…
Boom!
The great tree shuddered violently. Withered branches and leaves fell in abundance. A huge branch, struck by lightning, smoked as it broke and fell.
Stu under the tree had his hair instantly stand on end. His eyes rolled up. His body swayed, and he collapsed smoking all over.
Ye Chui and his group: “…”
Indeed, one should not stand under a tree in a thunderstorm…
…
When Stu woke, he found himself sitting in a jolting carriage.
The rain had cleared. The sky was bright, air fresh. It was already afternoon. Stu looked puzzled for a moment, recalling the fierce battle in the rain. He suddenly jolted upright, only then realising he sat in the driver’s seat. Three black steeds pulled steadily forward. Remembering being struck by lightning, he hurriedly checked his body, finding himself completely unharmed, as if uninjured.
This left him deeply confused. What had happened? Why was he here? The carriage bore the blue emblem of the Blue Star Mercenary Group, the one they had used pursuing the thief gang. But now what was going on?
Stu suddenly heard sounds from the carriage behind. His heart jumped. He quickly turned, pulled back the curtain, and ducked inside.
Seeing the people in the carriage, Stu instinctively drew his short sword, showing vigilance.
The seven in the carriage were precisely the Seven Deadly Sins Thief Gang.
But…
At that moment, the Seven Deadly Sins Thief Gang were all bound with ropes, looking weary and exhausted. Even seeing Stu, they showed fearful expressions.
Stu was momentarily dumbfounded. “W-what happened? Why, why…”
“Y-you, have you forgotten?” Wrathful Max Ye Chui said in a shocked tone. “You captured us!”
“What? I captured you?” Stu’s face was full of bold shock. “How is that possible?”
He knew his own strength well. With his power, he could not possibly defeat these people. Moreover, he had been knocked out by lightning…
“Have you forgotten what happened after being struck by lightning?” Green also said in a panicked voice.
“W-what happened after I was struck?” Stu asked puzzled.
The seven of the thief gang exchanged glances. Debbie explained in a fearful tone. “After you were struck, you suddenly seemed like a different person. Your body burned with lightning. Lightning flashed in your eyes and mouth. We, we have never seen someone so powerful and terrifying. You defeated us completely with one move…”
Stu looked at his hands and short sword. “…”
“I heard from my teacher that there is a demigod bloodline passed down from the gods’ era. Some awaken it by chance…” Ye Chui continued fabricating. “You must be such a demigod descendant… When lightning struck you, it awakened the demigod bloodline in your body. You, you might be the descendant of the Thunder God from the gods’ era!”
“Thunder God… Was there such a god in the gods’ era?” Stu asked doubtfully.
“Thunder God Thor, a low-key god little known, but possibly the most combat-capable of the god race. And you are his descendant!” Ye Chui said deliberately in an exaggerated voice.
“We Seven Deadly Sins Thief Gang fell to you. Nothing to say!” Debbie exclaimed exaggeratedly.
“You are really amazing… burp… We lost…” Guni said dejectedly.
“Never thought we would meet the Thunder God’s descendant…” Resha said, head lowered, holding back laughter.
And after this round of brainwashing from Ye Chui and the others, Stu muttered to himself in shock. “Oh, so I am this amazing…”
